Invasive Weed a Fuel for West's Wildfires (Aug 29, 2007)USA Today.
The governors of Idaho, Nevada, Utah and Wyoming formally declared war on the invasive cheatgrass, which now dominates between 25 million and 100 million acres of sagebrush in the Great Basin.

S.1949 - 100th Meridian Invasive Species State Revolving Loan Fund -- The bill sets up a state revolving loan fund to provide resources for invasive species control and authorizes a total of $410 million over 5 years. This legislation would allow Western states more opportunity to acquire funding for the necessary control of invasive species such as noxious weeds through a process that holds the borrower of funds accountable through a loan funding and repayment mechanism.